pigga upp
Swedish
[edit]Verb
[edit]pigga upp (present piggar upp, preterite piggade upp, supine piggat upp, imperative pigga upp)
- to make more fresh and alert (when lacking in vitality in some sense, sometimes more or less abstractly); to perk up
- to pick up, to refresh, to energize, etc.
- Kaffe piggar upp dig
- Coffee will pick you up
- pigga upp dina trötta ögon
- refresh your tired eyes
- to cheer up, to brighten up, etc.
- Han köpte en nytt datorspel för att pigga upp sig
- He bought a new computer game to cheer himself up
- pigga upp färger
- brighten up colors
- to pick up, to refresh, to energize, etc.
Usage notes
[edit]See also pigg (“alert, fresh”).
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | pigga upp | piggas upp | ||
| supine | piggat upp | piggats upp | ||
| imperative | pigga upp | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | piggen upp | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | piggar upp | piggade upp | piggas upp | piggades upp |
| ind. plural1 | pigga upp | piggade upp | piggas upp | piggades upp |
| subjunctive2 | pigge upp | piggade upp | pigges upp | piggades upp |
| present participle | uppiggande | |||
| past participle | uppiggad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.